BABY JULIAN MILES & A GOLDEN SPATULA

Barely two months old of cuteness, right here.Okay, so I just can't resist and I don't even want to, anyway.  Now that my oldest child, my daughter, has returned to her work as Dr. Sarah with the psychologist hat on, I get to play gramma again !  As the schedule turns right now, I'm babysitting both babies once a week.  Adriana is a big-sister-two-almost-three, and Julian is two months old.  So he is now the most current bambino for the family to spoil !  Here he is, napping on a warm and snuggly grandma.  That would be me, of course.  


In other family news, below is my son, who won the Golden Spatula for making the most colorful cupcake decoration at the library's recent cupcake decorating contest !  He just turned 8 years old, and he's a proud recipient of that spatula.  Go, creative Leo !

MATH GAMES ONLINE & A SALAMANDER

This is a super short post, readers !  A friend was asking me about some interest-holding math websites for her kids to use.  I suggested the two that follow.  They include printable worksheets all the way through interactive online games and it's pretty much free to enjoy !  

http://www.math-play.com/

http://www.counton.org/

Since I'm really pressed for time, I'll spare the long story about how another mom friend recently found a spotted salamander that appears to have been washed out by our beautiful, babbling brook, from his hibernation space.  That fact cost us $60 to set up a space for Dr.Spot (not to be confused with Dr. Spock, you see).  He's contentedly back to a pseudo-hibernation state in his fake long in his glass aquarium.  We have a full stock of crickets for him to munch on and one of these days when he plays the role of Punxatawny Phil and lets us know when spring is really coming by gettin' out from under that fake log, he can have a tasty morsel of cricket to nibble on !  Ewwww.

So, how do we know it's a he ?  You just count the number of spots on the salamander.  The dolls have fewer and the guys have 30 or more.  It's definitely a he.  Carry on.